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South Korea to invest $7 billion in AI by 2027 09 Apr 2024 - 03:36 pm
A man walks past the Samsung logo displayed on a glass door at the company's Seocho building in Seoul on April 5, 2024. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Malaysia orders Meta, TikTok to forge plans on harmful content 09 Apr 2024 - 03:21 pm
This picture taken on March 25, 2024, shows the Meta logo on a smartphone in Mulhouse, eastern France. Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP
Afghan tailors outfit Eid celebrations with gleaming garb 08 Apr 2024 - 05:03 pm
An Afghan vendor selling dry fruits and other eatables waits for customers ahead of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a market in Kabul on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
Philippines calls on China to continue dialogue to prevent tensions in South China Sea 08 Apr 2024 - 04:10 pm
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Taiwan's search dogs win hearts in search for quake victims 08 Apr 2024 - 04:05 pm
A handout photo taken on April 6, 2024 and released on April 8, 2024 by the Kaohsiung city government shows Roger, an eight-year-old labrador, playing before heading out for a search and rescue mission in Hualien, three days after the magnitude-7.4 earthquake hit the region. Photo by Handout / Kaohsiung city government / AFP
S. Korea probes Temu over alleged false ads, unfair practices: Yonhap 08 Apr 2024 - 02:56 pm
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Green onion outcry: humble vegetable roils S. Korean vote 07 Apr 2024 - 05:23 pm
This picture taken on March 18, 2024 shows South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) visiting a Hanaro Mart branch to check the price of green onions in Seoul. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Finland tops world's happiest countries, Philippines ranks second in Southeast Asia 06 Apr 2024 - 04:27 pm
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Pakistan PM orders police punished after Chinese dam worker attack 06 Apr 2024 - 01:00 pm
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Earthquake aftershocks halt demolition of a leaning building in Taiwan 06 Apr 2024 - 12:39 pm
Heavy equipment are being used to demolish the Uranus building, which was damaged in the April 3 earthquake, in Hualien on April 5, 2024. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
Taiwan helicopters pluck quake-stranded tourists to safety 06 Apr 2024 - 09:34 am
A National Airborne Service Corps UH-60 helicopter flies past a section of landslide caused by the April 3 earthquake in Taroko National Park in Hualien on April 6, 2024. Photo by I-Hwa CHENG / AFP.
India's Congress party promises minority protection and jobs 05 Apr 2024 - 06:36 pm
This photograph taken on March 19, 2024 shows people walking past the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Dehradun, in India's Uttarakhand state. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh / AFP)
Drier-than-usual El Nino made Jakarta pollution worst in 4 years 05 Apr 2024 - 05:27 pm
Motorists drive on the freeway leading into and out of downtown Jakarta on April 4, 2024. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo / AFP)
South Korean president casts early election vote 05 Apr 2024 - 04:29 pm
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol casts his ballot during early voting at a polling station in Busan on April 5, 2024, ahead of next week's parliamentary elections.  (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Thousands of schools in Philippines suspend in-person classes due to heat 05 Apr 2024 - 01:39 pm
A student uses a portable fan outside a school in Manila on April 2, 2024. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Families shelter in tents as rescuers seek people cut off by Taiwan quake 04 Apr 2024 - 06:35 pm
Local residents ride past a damage of building caused by the earthquake in Hualien on April 4, 2024. Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP
Tokyo crowds revel as cherry blossoms reach full bloom 04 Apr 2024 - 03:00 pm
People use boats on Chidorigafuchi, one of the moats around the Imperial Palace, with cherry blossoms in Tokyo on April 4, 2024. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
'Like a mountain collapsed': Taiwan reels from biggest quake in 25 years 03 Apr 2024 - 04:30 pm
This photo taken by Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) on April 3, 2024 shows the damaged Uranus Building in Hualien, after a major earthquake hit Taiwan's east. Photo by CNA / AFP

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